Hands, hoofs and paws came together to raise funds for the Burbank Police Foundation during the organization's second annual Hoof and Walk event held this past Saturday at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank.
Chaired by Andrea Cunningham, who...

More than 250 supporters of Providence High School gathered on the back patio of Lakeside Golf Club to kick off the school's 2014 fundraising gala with a martini, lemon drop and cosmo sunset cocktail party this past Saturday.
Welcomed by the head of the...

Disney Interactive, the struggling video game and digital media subsidiary of Walt Disney Co., is cutting roughly 700 jobs worldwide, the company said Thursday.
The division is closing offices in Chicago, New Jersey, Colorado, South Korea and Hyderabad,...

Whether it is a tiny one-room apartment or a magnificent sprawling mansion, one has to agree with the words lyricist John Howard Payne penned for the 1822 song "Home! Sweet Home!" and that Dorothy repeats at the end of "The Wizard of Oz" — "There's no place like home."
In Burbank, if someone were to find themselves in a situation where they have lost that precious "nothing-else-like-it" dwelling or the funding to keep their home stocked with essentials, they quickly learn there's also no place...

For the past 19 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley has been making a profound difference in the lives of thousands of area young people and their families.
To reflect on the dedicated work of the club's staff, board members and supporters and to raise funds and awareness for the new direction and challenges the organization will be facing this year, the club presented its 19th annual fundraising gala and auction at the Universal Sheraton Hotel this past Saturday.
Staged...

The Burbank Arts for All Foundation presented its third annual "Party on the Plaza" gala honoring three stewards of arts education for Burbank public schools — the Downtown Burbank Partnership, Monterey High School art teacher Peggy Zirves and parent volunteer Jamie Butterworth — at Bob Hope Airport's Executive Hanger 40 this past Friday.
Promising to be not just another "plane ordinary party," the event's co-chairs, Joan McCarthy of the Walt Disney Co. and Monica Newhouse-Rodriguez of Bob...

Walt Disney Co. reported a 27% surge in second-quarter profit, lifted by the continued strong performance of its blockbuster animated film "Frozen."
The world's largest entertainment and media company raked in nearly $2 billion in the three months that ended March 29, and easily topped Wall Street projections, the Los Angeles Times reports.
"Frozen" has become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time since its release Nov. 22, grossing $1.175 billion worldwide. Disney said the film's overseas...

Children enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley commemorated the beginning of the new school year by competing in the organization’s annual decathlon, where they were quizzed on what they’ve learned during the summer. Children in the group for 11-year-olds and older were declared the winners.
“Thrills on Wheels,” a mobile arcade, stopped by and when they weren’t inside the bus, youngsters were on the club’s playfield, enjoying ice cream...

Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed.
One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and chairman positions, which are both currently held by Robert Iger. At the meeting, held in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, the Burbank-based company said that only 35.3% of shareholders who cast non-binding votes in advance of the meeting approved the split....